FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 22, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed IND by 15 at halftime and won 103–94.

Final
DET76
CHA88
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +16; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +12
Final
PHI98
WAS105
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS -7; Q4 WAS +7
Final
IND94
BOS103
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -15; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +9
Final
CHI81
NYK88
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +22; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +7
Final
GSW108
MEM121
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +13
Final
ATL112
MIN87
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +25
Final
POR85
DAL81
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +4
Final
LAC99
HOU108
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +9
Final
OKC108
LAL111
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +3
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2008–09Dec 22, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ MEM), 36 points.
The lead · IND @ BOS

Boston overcomes 15-point deficit, beats Indiana 103–94

The Celtics trailed by 15 at the half and finished 61–37. Ray Allen led Boston with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-150+9BOS AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2829201794
BOS21213526103
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 11, 13, 18, 10, 18, 17, 20, 23BOS23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 21, 15, 12, 14, 19, 9, 29, 21BOS21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 15, 28, 14, 26, 9, 21, 14, 24IND24 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Earl WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 4, 6, 6, 6, 10, 3, 4, 18IND18 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · OKC @ LAL

Lakers edge OKC by three

OKC won the fourth 26–23, but Lakers held on, 111–108. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 40 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over OKC3POR over DAL4WAS over PHI7NYK over CHI7BOS over IND9HOU over LAC9CHA over DET12MEM over GSW13ATL over MIN25Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 25 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 27, 20, 16, 42, 39, 29, 28, 40LAL vs OKC · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, May 25, 2005: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 32, 19, 13, 20, 10, 26, 32, 33MEM vs GSW · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 8, 25, 22, 16, 33, 45, 22, 31WAS vs PHI · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 36, 28, 32, 29, 32, 12, 27, 13, 30OKC @ LAL · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 24, 25, 18, 23, 21, 29, 30, 29CHA vs DET · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 16, 19, 23, 23, 20, 24, 23, 29LAC @ HOU · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Chris DuhonNYK+4.6 14.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.4 26.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+3.8 23.5 last 10 · 19.7 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+3.7 16.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+3.6 21.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−4.8 8.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Andrew BynumLAL−3.8 12.1 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jason RichardsonPHX−2.9 12.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Hakim WarrickMIL−2.9 6.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−2.9 17.3 last 10 · 20.2 season